Library

Read eBooks and listen to an audiobook with a single tap, place items on hold and add items to your wish list. Simply download the app to get started. All you need after that isyour library card number to create your account!Then you canenjoy Axis 360 anytime, anywhere!

After a quick one-time account set-up process, you will be able to checkout and download audiobooks!! Click on the REGISTER button on the top right hand side. You will be promoted to enter your information including YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER. Remember your username and password, and visit the site anytime!

BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO OUR VALUABLE RESOURCES SECTION! YOU WILL FIND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE!

With RBDigital you also have access to Magazines for Libraries, your library subscribes to magazines, choosing from hundreds of popular titles in the world's largest digital newsstand. You, the patron, can then check out complete, multi-access magazines with no holds, checkout periods, or maximum quantities. Enjoy these magazines online with a number of popular browsers or with the RBdigital app on all major devices. Access it here...https://www.rbdigital.com/50emagazine/service/magazines/

ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR LIBRARY CARD NUMBER TO GET STARTED! CLICK THE LINK AND CREATE YOUR FREE ACCOUNT TODAY!

Online Language Learning Courses are here!

Sentimental Productions DVDs

Sentimental Productions DVDs available at your local library! Two different collections -- Sentimental Sing-Alongs and Sentimental Serenity -- are little gems waiting to be discovered!

The Sentimental Sing-Along collection features performances of memorable songs that mark important eras in our nations history. Your library has nine different volumes including "Songs from the Home Front," "Songs from the Heartland," and "Cowboy and Campfire Songs." Have a listen at www.youtube.com!

The Sentimental Serenity collection highlights different regions in the United States including the Gulf Coast, Southeast and the Great Plains.Take a sneak peek of the Great Plains at www.youtube.com!

Visit Our Book Lovers Facebook Page

Check out our new Bay Minette Browsers facebook page. It's for ANYONE WHO LOVES BOOKS! It is NOT limited to book club members. Share what you are currently reading, your favorite books and authors and make book suggestions. If there is a book you loved and want others to read then this is the place for you to share it! Happy Reading!

Camellia Net Is Here

The Bay Minette Public Library has expanded its services with audiobooks, eBooks, and music now available for download! Library card holders can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting this website and clicking on the Camellia Net link on the upper right hand corner of the page. Users may browse the library's website, check out with a valid library card (from any library in the county that is participating in the Camellia Net consortium), and download to PC, Mac, Nook, Kindle, iPod, iPad, Sony Reader, and many other mobile devices. Users will need to install free software (except for Kindle books) -- OverDrive Media Console for audiobooks and music and Adobe Digital Editions for eBooks. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the-go. Titles will automatically expire after the two week lending period or you can change the default to a seven day lending period if you prefer. There are no late fees!

The type of device you are using determines your next step. The most common e-readers we are seeing are Kindles, Nooks, iPads and iPods/phones, Android phones, and various tablets. E-books can also be read on your desktop or laptop. When you pull up a book on CamelliaNet, you will see a box like this:

Format:

Kindle Book
Adobe EPUB eBook

Kindles can only use Kindle books.
Nooks use Adobe EPUB.

On an Apple product (iPad, iPod/phone), Android, computer, or other tablet, you will need to install apps. The app to read Kindle books is the Kindle app. The Overdrive Console app will allow you to read Adobe EPUB. Both apps are free.

Kindle books are managed through your Kindle account on Amazon. After check out, your book will be available for download through Amazon.

Nook users have an extra step. You will need to download Adobe Digital Editions (also free) to your personal computer and create an Adobe ID. You will then need to authorize your device with your Adobe ID. Dock your Nook to your computer. Your library book will download to your computer. Open Adobe Digital Editions and go to the library view. Drag the title to the “NOOK” icon. Undock the NOOK from your computer. In the Library, open My Documents. The title should be available to be read for the period of time specified by the library.

Other users can download EPUB books directly from the Overdrive Console, without going through a computer.

You will be asked to choose your library, then enter your card #. This is the long number on the back of your library card. Your pin is the last four digits of that #.

Mission Statement

Throughout history the public library has been held in high esteem as a seat of knowledge, recognized as a public trust, and noted for its integral role in the community’s well being and sense of worth. The mission of the Bay Minette Public Library is to continue this honored and honorable tradition by enriching our community with an abundance of resources, including modern and traditional access points to information, as well as by providing a variety of services with the betterment of the patron the first and foremost priority.

About Your Library

Our History

Books were hard to come by at the turn of the century. Expensive when they could be found at all, books from religious writings to Shakespeare to popular western novels were a treat for the wealthy. But in Bay Minette, all of that was about to change. In 1922, the Bay Minette Public Library was founded by the Women’s Civic Improvement Association – an organization that itself was founded in 1913.

Bebe Kobos Memorial Childrens Library

Visit the children's library to see our beautiful mural created and painted by local artist Tena Powell!

Check out all the resources for students and parents under the Valuable Resources tab!

Go Green @ Your Library!

In cooperation with Baldwin EMC's RecyclePak program, we collect "burnt-out" compact fluorescent bulbs. Simply drop them off in the recycling receptacle at the front desk!

We also collect used cell phones and charges for The Lighthouse, Baldwin County’s Domestic Violence Prevention organization.

Book Store

The Bay Minette Public Library has an on-going In-House Book Sale located in our Program Room! Hard cover books, audiobooks and DVDs are $1.00 each. Books and audio/visual materials are available for purchase during library hours.

North Baldwin Literacy Council

NBLC volunteer tutors teach adults’ basic reading and writing skills, life skills, GED and English as a Second Language, all free of charge

The Bay Minette Browsers

Club contact: Joanna Bailey at (251) 580-1648.

Meetings are held the third Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the program room.

We will read I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Talibanby Malala Yousafzai for April. We will meet on Monday, April 18th to discuss it.

Stop by the library and check out a copy of the current book. (Age 18 or older please.)

Valuable Resources

LOCAL:

http://www.northbaldwinchamber.com/ The North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce is a business focused, member supported organization that works with the community to develop sustainable economic growth and to enhance the quality of life for all residents, business owners and employees.

COMMUNITY SERVICE GUIDE: Most of the community resources listed are copied from the brochure compiled and published by

Baldwin County United (929-7927). We've also included services or programs that we located in response to frequent questions from our library and bookmobile users. This information is updated frequently. To the best of our knowlege the information is accurate.

Google eBookstore Best of the Free

New York Times Bestsellers

https://cmlibrary.org/resource/bookhiveBookhive lets you search hundreds of children's book reviews (ages birth - 12 years) by title, author, reading level, interest category, and number of pages. New book reviews are added monthly.

Alabama Virtual Library -- thanks to geolocation you DO NOT need an AVL card!

GENEALOGY & HISTORY LINKS:

Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Start a family tree, browse census records and more online at Ancestry.com. This valuable resources in now available at your library! You must visit the library to use this resource. It can only be accessed via one of our patron computers or your laptop using our wireless connection -- http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com/aleweb/ale/do/login.

HeritageQuest Online...Find ancestors in the complete set of U.S. Federal Census images from 1790-1930, in over 23,000 family and local histories, in an index of over 2.1 million genealogy and local history articles, in selected records from the Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, in the Freedman's Bank and in Memorials, Petitions, and Private Relief Actions of the U.S. Congress in the LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set.

This free site provides a browsable and searchable index to genealogical sources on the internet including digitized primary sources, guides, and museums and historical societies, as well as county clerks and other agencies to contact to further research offline.

NetSmartz.org NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.

The Parenting Assistance Line (PAL) is a new resource for parents, grandparents and others in Alabama who provide care for children ages birth to twelve. PAL is confidential and anonymous and provides free information and support through a toll-free number:1-866-962-3030available Monday through Friday from 8am until 8pm
This line is staffed by parenting resource specialists who will answer the phone, listen to callers, then offer helpful information and support. Callers may also request free literature about specific parenting concerns.

Ready to Learn from PBS Kids - this site offers advice for reading with your children, finding appropriate PBS programming, and general parenting tips

Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.

When registering, your user name is your 14-digit library card number and a password of your choice.

Special Note: since the Learning Express library platform has changed, you will need to register on the site again!

Alabama Virtual Library -- Thanks to geolocation you DO NOT need an AVL card! However, if you have Uverse or satellite internet, you will need to contact the library for us to set up your account as geolocation does not work with these internet service providers.

Homework Alabama offers free online homework help from tutors in Math, Science, Social Studies and English, for grades 4 - 12 and College Intro as well as Job Search Assistance and Academic & Career Resources. Tutors are available from 3 p.m. until 10 pm, Sunday-Thursday.

http://www.onlineu.org/whose mission is to refocus the higher education converstation around affordabilty and increase ease of accessibility to online college information.

http://arealonlinedegree.com/college-resources/resources-students-disabilities/: A resource for students with disabilities who are looking to enroll with a university, uncover financial aid and scholarship information, or who are looking for information associated with student life once on campus.A resource for students with disabilities who are looking to enroll with a university, uncover financial aid and scholarship information, or who areociated with stuBusiness Databases:

We will transition to AtoZ Databases: Search Jobs, Businesses or Mailing Lists later this fall. If you like Reference USA then take a look at Ato Z Databases: Search Jobs, Businesses or Mailing Lists.

Everyone wants to feel safe and secure in their own home, and seniors are no exception. You can help your self or a loved one by creating a safe living place. Here’s a look at some of the most common safety issues that affect mature-age homeowners, along with some handy tips to improve household safety.https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/blog/safety-for-seniors-at-home.html

INFORMATION FOR VETERANS:

http://bunkerinabox.org: the "ultimate source of thought leadership from top entrepreneurs and veterans around the U.S." The short and simple online mini-course in veteran's entrepreneurship is divided into 14 “missions” created around the themes of Inspire, Education and Connection.

State & Federal Government:

2019 Model Year Fuel Economy Website

This website http://www.fueleconomy.gov features updated fuel economy data for new and used passenger vehicles dating back to 1984, allows side-by-side vehicle comparisons, and offers fuel-saving tips. The website also contains vehicle-specific air pollution emissions information and safety ratings and provides links to car buying websites.

A National Directory of Businesses and Consumers

La Mano Amiga (The Helping Hand) is a free nonprofit magazine for Spanish-reliant patrons. Every month a new issue is published with articles on financial literacy, health and well-being, charities and social services, U.S. laws and customs, and other information important to people adapting to life in this country. http://www.lamanoamiga.org/.

serves to help low-income Alabamians find solutions to legal problems. This site can help people find legal aid, learn about their rights, apply for public benefits, download self-help materials, and find relevant community agencies.

Throughout Alabama, thousands of people live with a disability or know of someone who has one, whether a returning veteran, family member, friend or colleague. Today, more than ever, there is a critical need to connect those with disabilities to the information they need to actively participate in the workforce and their communities. www.disability.gov is the ideal, one-stop resource to meet that demand.

A website that helps you understand Alabama's legal system. The Alabama Access to Justice website helps people understand the legal system in Alabama. There are documents and court forms for specific legal problems, and there is general information about going to court. You will also find information about the legal aid organizations in Alabama. Tis website does not provide legal advice, and it is not a substitute for having a lawyer. If you need an lawyer, there is information to help you find one in your area. The website is sponsored by the Alabama Access to Justice Commission, which was created by order of the Superme Court of Alabama to serve as a coordinating entity for the legally underserved and legal community.

State of Working America: http://stateofworkingamerica.org:The State of Working America, an ongoing analysis published since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty that allow for a clear, unbiased understanding of the economy’s effect on the living standards of working Americans.

globalEDGE: http://globaledge.msu.edu: a web portal designed to connect business professionals worldwide with information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.

http://worldpublicopinion.org: WorldPublicOpinion.org is an international collaborative project whose aim is to give voice to public opinion around the world on international issues. As the world becomes increasingly integrated, problems have become increasingly global, pointing to a greater need for understanding between nations and for elucidating global norms. With the growth of democracy in the world, public opinion has come to play a greater role in the foreign policy process. WorldPublicOpinion.org seeks to reveal the values and views of publics in specific nations around the world as well as global patterns of world public opinion.

Miscellaneous:

This site breaks down the mystery behind Amazon discounts and deals! Most everyone knows that Amazon has a wide range of products, but few are aware of the secret deals they may be missing out on. It offers access to an up-to-date guide with the best ways to navigate all of Amazon’s specials and bargains, especially the ones relating to books and Kindle eBooks.

Retail Savings Guide for People with Disabilitieshttps://www.couponchief.com/guides/savings_guide_for_those_with_disability“CouponChief.com’s Retail Savings Guide for People with Disabilities provides a detailed look at ways those with disabilities can stretch their dollars. Discounts, services, and special offers are widely available, but very few businesses will mention their willingness to help simply because the risk of offending someone is just too big to risk saying something. Managing a disability can be tough, but you don't have to handle it all by yourself. The bottom line is: if you can save money, why not do it?"

https://www.moneysavingpro.com/internet-providers/in-my-area/: Our team of data scientists have spent the last 9 months analyzing sets of information to produce pages that are exceptionally useful to potential consumers - providing a number of different unbiased reviews on some of the best residential internet companies on the markets. These review pages serve as a hub for some of our best content, where visitors can find detailed information on costs, customer satisfaction, and in-depths reviews of the products and services available to them.

- This program is designed to help prison educators and prison librarians find book donations for America's prisons. You can search the listings and send your book donations directly to the prison and cause of your choice

https://mesothelioma.net: Our patient advocates are here to support you, answer your questions, provide you wiht resources and inform you about your financial options. We have helped hundreds of patients, and we're here to help you and your loved ones today.

http://www.MesotheliomaGuide.com: Information from an advocacy organization dedicated to helping patients diagnosed with asbestos illnesses. They specialize in assisting patients with understanding which treatment options are best suited for thier illness, as well as how to find the right doctors that provide those treatment options.

http://MesotheliomaVeterans.org: United States Military veterans make up over 30% of all patients with malignant mesothelioma, caused by exposure to asbestos. Learn more about your benefits options with our VA-accredited claims agents, all free of charge.

http://www.mesotheliomaprognosis.com: It’s your prognosis. Take action to improve it. Certain factors that influence your prognosis are within your control. You can improve your outcome, and we’re here to guide you along the way.

http://recallreport.org: Recall Report is the web’s leading resource for information about health and safety recalls, including dangerous drugs and associated mental conditions.

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/heroin-addiction/:The Recovery Village is a comprehensive substance abuse and eating disorder treatment facility in Florida, offering a full continuum of care from a patients’ arrival. In addition to medical detox and acute medical stabilization, we offer nutrition monitoring and medical intervention, inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, sober housing accommodations, and aftercare.

http://www.learnhowtobecome.org/college/veteran-resources/College Resource Guide for Veterans: This step-by-step guide to help Veterans transition from military to college life and provide numerous resources to assist in that transition. A little background on the organization, they are passionate about creating a one-stop, comprehensive resource that can guide individuals through each of the steps they need to take to begin, further, or change their career path. Their mission is to help students (or other aspiring professionals) understand what it takes to land their perfect career, from picking the right school all the way to climbing the company ladder.